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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game. ~ Jacques Barzun

Jacques Barzun , 1907-, American writer, educator, and historian, b. Créteil, France, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1932). Barzun moved to the United States in 1919. A student of law and history and one of the founders of the discipline of cultural history, he began teaching history at Columbia in 1928 and spent the remainder of his long and distinguished academic career there. Appointed professor in 1945, he became dean of the graduate faculties in 1955, and was (1958-67) dean of faculties and provost. He became professor emeritus in 1975. For nine decades Barzun has written and edited critical and historical studies, essays, and reviews on a wide variety of subjects.